Meet the man who makes the mission of learning any language possible! Language hacker Benny Lewis shows how anyone anywhere can learn any language without leaving their home, using a simple toolkit & by harnessing the power of the Internet. Benny definitely wasn`t born with the `language gene`. After graduating in electronic engineering in his native Ireland he spent six months in Spain struggling to learn Spanish. This frustrating experience fuelled his determination to take a different approach to learning foreign languages. Today he speaks over ten languages including Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, French, German, Portuguese, & Hungarian. At present, he`s learning Japanese in Spain. This typifies one of his `3-month challenges` where he targets a new language & proceeds to become fluent in it within just three months. He charts his progress on his blog, proving that his techniques allow anyone to learn a language from anywhere. Benny`s blog, also called Fluent in 3 Months, is the largest language learning blog in the world. The key principles of Benny`s method: * Speak from day one: find mother-tongue speaking partners online. Don`t be self-conscious
- keep the flow going!* Change your mindset: ditch the excuses, you can do it! * Stay focused & determined: even if you don`t have much time, never forget the goal you`ve set yourself & work at it. * Learning a language doesn`t need to be expensive: there is a wealth of free resources out there, if you know where to find them * Reap the rewards! Learning a new language is not an end in itself, but a means to meeting new people & discovering new cultures. Curiosity will fuel your determination.